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Topic: Photo of the week 345 (June 11, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-11-2011 02:06 AM
   
 With the end of the Space Shuttle program approaching, I selected a series of photos showing two orbiters in one shot. I will post these in the coming weeks. Space shuttle Columbia on Pad 39A "watches" the picture-perfect ascent of sister ship Discovery during its liftoff on STS-31. Discovery, carrying a five-member crew and the Hubble Space Telescope, lifted off at 8:34 a.m. EDT, on April 24, 1990. Ed Hengeveld |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 244
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 06-11-2011 02:33 AM
What is the pitched-roof building in front of LC-39A? |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-11-2011 12:28 PM
That is just a roof over the hypergolic storage tanks at the pad. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-11-2011 12:42 PM
Another great and beautiful photo! |
buckeyecal
Member Posts: 90
From: soon to be Boise, ID USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 06-11-2011 02:42 PM
"Last one to the space station is a rotten egg!!!" |
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